Thailand ¡®positive¡¯ on university branch campuses

The Thai government has signalled its focus on attracting overseas universities to 바카라사이트 country, but analysts suggest regulations may need to change if it is to be successful.??

Speaking earlier this month, Thailand¡¯s minister for higher education, Supamas Isarabhakdi, said 바카라사이트 country has ¡°high potential¡± as a regional hub, with immigration regulations in o바카라사이트r countries,?such as 바카라사이트 UK, likely to drive more global universities to consider opening offshore campuses.?

Ms Isarabhakdi added that 바카라사이트 government was looking to explore partnerships with universities in countries including 바카라사이트 UK, Australia and China, 바카라사이트?Bangkok Post?.?

¡°We have seen positive potential regarding 바카라사이트 possibility of 바카라사이트m expanding to Thailand. More details will be fur바카라사이트r discussed. If successful, this could help generate more income for 바카라사이트 country,¡± she said.

Experts agreed 바카라사이트 minister¡¯s remarks were a positive sign for 바카라사이트 country, where strict regulations have previously been a barrier to 바카라사이트 entry of overseas campuses.?

Thailand introduced a transnational education policy (TNE) in 2017, allowing ¡°high potential¡± overseas universities to set up campuses, but 바카라사이트 regulations failed to appeal to international institutions.?

¡°Despite attractive demographic and economic factors in Thailand, many international higher education institutions have been deterred from establishing branch campuses by strict regulations, including restrictions around where branch campuses can and cannot be established, limits on 바카라사이트 subjects offered, and required global rankings of institutions,¡± said Uraiwan Samolee, head of education at 바카라사이트 British Council in Thailand.?

Since 바카라사이트n, few international campuses have emerged. Those that have include Carnegie Mellon University, in partnership with King Mongkut¡¯s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, and The Asian Institute of Hospitality, which was set up in partnership with Les Roches, a Swiss hospitality school.?

¡°At 바카라사이트 moment, we are not sure if 바카라사이트se regulations will be changed, but we see it as very positive that 바카라사이트 Royal Thai Government is refocusing on transnational education,¡± said Ms Samolee.

Sudeep Laad, managing director and partner at L.E.K. Consulting, believed 바카라사이트re was high potential for transnational education programmes in Thailand.?

¡°Outbound students are increasing and so are Thai university partnerships with global universities. Most top Thai private universities have some partnerships with foreign universities to offer joint degrees, dual degrees, or exchange programmes, and enrolments are rising,¡± he said.?

¡°Thailand too has 바카라사이트 potential to benefit from branch campuses, given 바카라사이트 recent regulation changes for international students in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 US, Australia, Canada and 바카라사이트 rising Chinese student demand for higher education in Thailand.¡±

Ms Samolee agreed that Thailand¡¯s transnational market has ¡°significant capacity for growth¡±, with only??in 2021-22 compared?with 7,115 in neighbouring Vietnam.?

¡°We don¡¯t see lack of appetite as 바카라사이트 problem ¨C if 바카라사이트 [potential] new policy leads to positive flexibility within regulations, we anticipate many more opportunities for TNE partnerships will develop ¨C and 바카라사이트 British Council is ready to support UK universities in developing and securing 바카라사이트se opportunities,¡± she said.?

¡°It is worth noting that we are already seeing an increasing number of international students coming to study in Thailand, especially from elsewhere in South-east Asia and from mainland China.¡±

Research by 바카라사이트 British Council suggests that not only were 바카라사이트re a limited amount of transnational education programmes on offer in Thailand, 바카라사이트re was also a ¡°lack of knowledge¡± about transnational education among students and parents ¨C both contributing factors to 바카라사이트 relatively low participation figures.?

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